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Feel Better. Live Free. | Healthy Weight Loss & Wellness for Midlife Women

Published by Lisa Joy Thompson

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Feel Better. Live Free. with Lisa Joy Thompson is the revolutionary health & wellness podcast brought to you by Thinlicious®. It's a show dedicated to helping midlife women find lasting health and sustainable weight loss by healing our bodies from the inside out, while questioning the outdated mainstream narratives surrounding health and weight loss that haven't worked. Our mission is to help you find the freedom to look and feel your best. The freedom to NOT be controlled by food addictions ever again. And the freedom to confidently pursue all your big goals and dreams because your health and weight issues are no longer holding you back. Each week we'll discuss what it means to live your best life as a woman in your 40s, 50s, and beyond, talking openly and honestly about the highs and lows of weight loss, wellness, cultivating a healthy mindset, and pretty much everything in between. We'll also speak with leading health experts on everything from thyroid and cortisol health to hormonal balance and menopause to healing your gut. It's a place where you'll discover actionable strategies for losing weight and getting healthy, unconventional health breakthroughs that no one else is talking about, and the powerful mindset shifts you'll need to find lifelong wellness and true happiness, with a whole lot of tough love along the way. Basically, this is the podcast to listen to if you're looking for answers to these questions: Why is it so hard for women over 40 to lose weight? How can I improve my mindset and get healthy for life? What supplements should I be taking? How can I improve my immune system? How do I overcome resistance and finally get motivated? Why am I so tired all the time? What's the healthiest way to lose weight? Should I go on Ozempic? What does it mean to be metabolically flexible? How does stress affect weight loss? What is gut health, and why does it matter? Could I have a thyroid issue? What can you eat to reduce inflammation? What are the biggest health mistakes to avoid? How can you lose weight without dieting?

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  1. The Silent Thing That's Been Happening to Your Bones

    Sep 18, 202613 min

    In the last five years, I have broken more bones than I can count. My tailbone. Bones in my leg. Bones in my foot. My elbow, more than once. And some of those breaks? I never figured out what caused them. No accident. No hard fall. Nothing that should have done that kind of damage. Here is what I need you to understand, because I learned it the hard way. Your bones can be getting weaker for years, and you will not feel a single thing. No ache. No symptom. No warning. Until one day, something breaks that never should have. And almost nobody warns us about this in time. This is not a someday, little-old-lady problem. What happens to your bones down the road is being decided right now, in midlife. And there is a reason women are especially at risk, one that has everything to do with what is shifting in your body after 40. In this episode, I am telling you what is actually happening to your bones, why the thing most women count on to protect them is not nearly enough on its own, and the simple steps that can start protecting you starting today. I will also tell you the one test to ask your doctor for, so you are never blindsided the way so many women are. Because you cannot feel this happening. But you can absolutely do something about it. And it is never too late to start. And if you are ready to give your body and your bones the strong foundation they have been asking for, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem.

  2. The Five-Second Skill That Changes Everything

    Sep 11, 202615 min

    You walk into the kitchen after a hard day and you are eating before you even asked yourself if you were hungry. The scale is up two pounds and you have already decided nothing is working. Someone says the wrong thing and you have already fired back. Here is what almost nobody tells you: there is a tiny space between the thing that happens and the thing you do next. And that little space is where all of your power lives. Most of us never use it. We react. Fast, automatic, on a pattern we have run a thousand times. And then we wonder why nothing changes. This week I taught this to the women inside my Thin Adapted System community, and it was too good to keep in one room, so I reworked it for you. In this episode, I will show you why you do not have to believe everything you think, the one word that interrupts the whole automatic cycle, and the three simple questions that turn a reaction into a choice. I will also share how my faith shapes the way I do this, and exactly how it works whether you share that faith or not. It is not a personality trait. It is not something the disciplined people were born with and you were not. It is a skill. And it might be the most important one you ever build. Because sometimes the difference between repeating the life you have always lived and finally creating the life you actually want is just a pause. And if you are ready to heal your body too, so the cravings quiet down and that pause gets so much easier to find, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem.

  3. 8 Years Later: The Weight Loss Secret Nobody Posts About

    Aug 28, 202613 min

    Everybody loves a before and after. Nobody shows you the eight years that come after the after. That is the part they leave out. The part where most people, quietly, gain it all back, usually with a little extra on top. You have probably heard that statistic. Maybe you have lived it. Lost it, gained it, lost it, gained it, until you started to wonder if keeping it off is even possible for someone like you. It is. But not for the reason you think, and not the way anyone told you. I lost over 100 pounds. And I have kept it off for eight years, not through more willpower, not by white knuckling my way through every meal, not by being some special kind of disciplined that you are not. In this episode, I am telling you the truth about the part the whole industry skips: why most people gain it back, the shift that made keeping it off stop feeling like a fight, and the one small habit I hold onto even when everything else in my life falls apart. Here is the part that might surprise you most. Keeping it off is actually lighter and freer than losing it ever was. And it does not require you to be perfect. Not even close. If you have ever lost the weight and watched it creep back, and felt like a failure for it, this is the episode I most want you to hear. You were not the problem. You were just never told the truth about this part. Come find out what actually keeps it off for good. And when you are ready to do this in a way you can actually live with, the kind that heals your body so keeping it off stops being a fight, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem.

  4. The Truth About Emotional Eating (It's Not Really About the Food)

    Aug 21, 202616 min

    It's nine o'clock at night. You're standing at the kitchen counter, eating something you didn't even really want. You weren't hungry. You know you weren't. And tomorrow you'll do the thing you always do, which is decide you just need more willpower. Friend, it was never about willpower. You already know what you're supposed to eat. You could teach the class. So why is it still so hard? Why does the food win at the end of a long day, every time? Because the reason we reach for food when we're not hungry has almost nothing to do with food. And until you understand what's actually driving it, no meal plan on earth is going to stick. In this episode, I'm walking you through what's really happening: the name for what you've been doing (I use it with my coaching clients all the time, and once you hear it, you'll see it everywhere), the reason your own hormones might be quietly setting the whole cycle in motion, and why you cannot shame or white knuckle your way out of this, no matter how many times you've tried. And I'll show you what to reach for instead, including the one thing most women completely overlook when the feelings get big. You are not weak. You are not broken. You've been using the only tool you had. Come find out what your body has actually been hungry for. And when you're ready to take the physical piece off the table, so the cravings quiet down and this all gets easier, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem.

  5. Normal" Labs, Still Exhausted: The Truth About Your Thyroid

    Aug 14, 202612 min

    "Everything looks normal." You have heard those words. And you wanted to believe them. But you walked out of that office and cried in your car, because you know your own body, and something is not right. You are tired in a way sleep does not fix. You are cold when no one else is. The weight will not move, no matter what you do. And somewhere along the way, you started to wonder if maybe you are the problem. If maybe you are just weak, or lazy, or getting old, and this is simply your life now. Stop. Read this next part twice. You are not imagining it. You are not being dramatic. And there is a real, specific reason your bloodwork can say you are fine while your whole body is screaming that you are not. Almost no one explains this to women. Today, I am going to. Inside this episode: the reason "normal" on a lab report does not mean what you think it means. The single test that gets skipped over and over, that could change everything. What your body has been trying to tell you all along. And if you are already on medication and still feel like a stranger in your own skin, why that might not be the end of the story. This is the episode I wish someone had handed me years ago. You deserve real answers. You deserve to feel good in your own body, not just fine on paper. And it starts with knowing what to ask. Press play. Then go be your own advocate, because no one will ever fight for your body the way you can. And if you know a woman who is exhausted and being told she is fine, send her this episode. It might be the thing that finally makes her feel less alone. Hit follow so you never miss what is coming next. And if you have thirty seconds, leave a review. It is how the next tired, dismissed woman finds her way here. When you are ready to give your body the food it has been begging you for, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step: GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem

  6. It's Not Too Late (For Your Body, or the Dream You've Been Putting Off)

    Aug 7, 202614 min

    There is a dream you have been putting off until you finally get your body handled. You know the one. And somewhere along the way, quietly, you started to wonder if maybe you had missed your shot. At the weight. At the health. At the whole life you used to picture for yourself. Here is the truth about that. The belief that says it is too late for you is not protecting you from anything. It is the single thing keeping you stuck. And not just with food. It is the same lie that has been talking you out of the business, the book, the trip, the calling, the bold thing you buried years ago and told yourself you would get to someday. This is the episode where we take that lie apart. Why after 40 might be the best time to change your body, not the worst. What all that noise around food and your weight has quietly been costing you, because it is so much more than pounds. And what becomes possible the moment you finally get that space back. You did not miss your window, friend. Come find out why. If this one lands for you, hit subscribe and take thirty seconds to leave a rating and a review. It is the single biggest way you can help another woman who has been quietly believing it is too late for her find this show and hear that it is not. And when you are ready to stop waiting and finally get free, so you can go chase everything else on your heart, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem .

  7. 5 Signs You're Not Eating Enough Protein (and What to Do About It)

    Jul 31, 202613 min

    Your hair is coming out in the shower. You are hungry an hour after you eat. The scale is going down, but somehow you feel softer, not stronger. And you are tired in a way that a good night's sleep just does not touch. You have probably been treating those like four different problems. Blaming your age. Blaming your hormones. Quietly wondering what is wrong with you. What if they are not four problems at all? What if they are one, and it is one of the most fixable things there is? There is a reason women over 40 end up quietly starving for protein at the exact moment their bodies need it most, and once you hear it, a whole lot of what you have been blaming on aging is going to look very different. Your body has been sending up flares about this for a while. You just did not know how to read them. In this episode, I am walking you through the 5 signs your body is begging for more protein, the one that surprises everyone, and why the scale going down might actually be bad news. Then I will show you exactly how much you really need, and the single meal where almost every woman misses it completely. You are not falling apart, friend. And this is not just your age. Come find out what your body has actually been trying to tell you. If something in this episode lands for you, hit subscribe and take thirty seconds to leave a rating and a review. It is the single biggest way you can help another woman who is exhausted, stuck, and searching for a little hope find this show. And when you are ready to put this into practice and eat in a way that finally works with your body instead of against it, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem.

  8. The "Healthy" Foods Quietly Feeding Your Sugar Cravings

    Jul 24, 202618 min

    Your yogurt has more sugar in it than a candy bar. I am not saying that to be dramatic. Go pull one out of your fridge and turn it around. I will wait. This is the episode where we find out why you crave sugar every single afternoon even though you swear you barely eat any. And the answer is not willpower, and it is not that something is wrong with you. It is that half the food you have been buying on purpose, because you believed it was the healthy choice, is quietly spiking your blood sugar and setting up the crash that sends you into the pantry at three o'clock. You are not imagining it. That afternoon craving is physical. Your body is genuinely asking you for something, and no amount of white knuckling is going to win that argument, because you are showing up to the fight hours too late. I ate that way for years and blamed myself for every bit of it, until I found out what was actually in my breakfast. Inside: what is really happening in your body between breakfast and that three o'clock desperation, where the sugar is hiding in the foods you thought were the healthy choice, whether fruit counts, and the one change to make tomorrow morning that most women feel by that same afternoon. You were never weak. You were on a rollercoaster nobody told you about. When you are ready to get off that rollercoaster for good, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through it, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem.

  9. How to Eat Real Food Without Blowing Your Budget

    Jul 17, 202614 min

    "I can't afford to eat healthy." Have you ever said that? I did, for years. And I want to gently tell you today that it is not true. In fact, it might be costing you far more than you think. Here is something wild. The most expensive food in your grocery cart is not the meat, and it is not the produce. It is the cheap, processed stuff you grab because it is easy and on sale. The stuff that never actually fills you up, so you keep reaching for more of it, and keep paying for it with your energy, your health, and honestly, your money. When I sent out my last survey, one question came up again and again. How do I do this when money is tight? So today, I am answering it. And I am bringing receipts, because long before Thinlicious, I spent years running a frugal living blog teaching women how to stretch a dollar. Saving money is in my bones. Inside, I am walking you through exactly how to feed yourself, and your whole family, real food that actually heals your body, for less than you are spending right now. No fancy health foods. No fourteen dollar smoothies. Just simple, cheap, real food, plus a few little tricks that make it work even for the people at your table who are not fully on board yet. If money has been the reason you keep putting yourself last, friend, this one is for you. Loved this episode? Take thirty seconds to subscribe and leave a review. It is the single biggest way you can help another woman who is exhausted, stuck, and searching for hope find this show. And when you are ready to go deeper, the Thin Adapted System will walk you through eating to heal your body without spending a fortune, step by step. Learn more at GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem.

  10. Why You Need to Eat More, Not Less (to Finally Lose Weight After 40)

    Jul 10, 202614 min

    What if the reason you cannot lose weight has nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with the fact that you have been eating too little? I know how that sounds. For years, I did exactly what we have all been told to do. Eat less, move more. And for a while, it worked. Then it stopped, no matter how hard I tried. And even when I thought I was being so good, eating my yogurt and my oatmeal and all the low calorie foods that are supposed to be the healthy choices, my body would not budge, and I felt worse than ever. Here is what I did not understand back then. When you eat less and less, your body does not reward you for it. It protects you. It slows your metabolism, keeps your insulin up, raises your stress hormones, and holds onto every ounce of fat for dear life. You end up eating less and storing more at the very same time. In this episode, I walk you through exactly why eating less has been working against you, why those so called healthy foods were quietly keeping you stuck, and the surprising truth that finally helped me lose over 100 pounds and keep it off for eight years. Not by eating less. By finally giving my body what it actually needed. In this episode: Why "eat less, move more" works for a little while and then quits on you The three things happening inside your body every time you cut your food: your metabolism, your insulin, and your cortisol How everyday "health foods" like yogurt and oatmeal can keep you locked in fat storage mode What it really means to become thin adapted, and why you cannot get there by starving The one simple change to make at breakfast tomorrow morning Ready to stop starving yourself and start healing? The Thin Adapted System is the step by step way to reverse insulin resistance, balance your hormones, and finally lose the weight for good, without restriction and without giving up the foods you love. Learn more and get started here: GetThinlicious.com/ThinAdaptedSystem

  11. Your Scale Is a Coach, Not a Judge (Here's How to Read It)

    Jul 3, 202611 min

    Your scale is a coach, not a judge. Here's how to read it. How many mornings has the number on your bathroom scale ruined your whole day? You stepped on it before you had even had your coffee, saw a number you did not want to see, and let it decide whether you were winning or losing, on track or off, worth celebrating or worth being disappointed in. Friend, that is not what the scale is for. I still weigh myself multiple times a week, eight years into maintaining a hundred pound weight loss. Not because I am obsessed. Not because my worth depends on the number. Because it is a genuinely useful data point when you know how to read it. And in this episode, I am going to teach you how. We are talking about the difference between using the scale as a judge (which is how most of us have been using it) and using it as a coach (which is what it was actually meant to be). Why a five-pound overnight jump is almost never fat gain, and what your body is actually telling you when the number shifts. How to look at patterns instead of reacting to single readings. And why sodium, sleep, hormones, inflammation, and even your last workout can move the scale by several pounds in either direction, no matter how perfectly you have been eating. We are also talking about the rest of the dashboard your body is giving you, that most women are completely ignoring. Your energy. Your sleep. Your cravings. Your digestion. Your strength. How your clothes are fitting. What your labs are actually saying. Your mood. Your capacity to show up for the people you love. The scale is one data point among many, and when you learn to read the whole picture, everything changes. You will walk away with a fresh way to think about the number on your scale, three practical things you can do this week, and permission to stop letting a single reading decide how you feel about yourself. If you have been white-knuckling your mornings around a piece of bathroom equipment, this one is going to set you free. Ready to actually shift what your scale is telling you? Start with the 10 Day Metabolism Reset. 10-Day Metabolism Reset: GetThinlicious.com/detox

  12. Why You Gained Weight in That Hard Season (And Why It Was Never Your Fault)

    Jun 26, 202611 min

    Almost every woman I have ever coached has lived through it, but very few of us have ever heard it named out loud. The season your weight went up and stayed up. Or the season you were finally doing everything right and your body just stopped cooperating. Maybe life got heavy and the scale responded, and no diet or workout would move it. Or maybe you were getting results, feeling like yourself again, and then a season hit and everything ground to a halt. Whichever woman you are, I see you. And I want you to hear the truth about what was actually happening, because I think when you understand it, something in you is finally going to be able to exhale. This is one I have lived more than once. In this episode I am pulling back the curtain on what your body does in survival mode, what is happening in your brain under sustained stress, and why none of it was weakness or a lack of willpower. It was your body and your brain doing exactly what they were designed to do to keep you alive. And then we talk about what healing actually looks like on the other side, starting not from shame but from grace. 💗 What We Cover In This Episode: The two stories almost every midlife woman lives through, and why both end in self-blame Why your body is not separate from your life, and what that means in a hard season What survival mode actually is, and why it is a real physiological state and not a metaphor How chronically high cortisol raises your blood sugar and insulin and locks your body into fat-storage mode The sleep loop your body cannot break on its own How your hunger hormones get scrambled, with ghrelin up and leptin gone quiet What happens in your brain under prolonged stress, and why the amygdala grows louder while the prefrontal cortex goes quiet Why reaching for sugar and carbs in a hard season is neuroscience, not a character flaw The shift from punishment to partnership, and why it changes everything What real healing looks like, and the five things it actually requires The Shift That Changes Everything: The women who heal are not the women who hate themselves the most into action. The women who heal are the women who finally stop fighting their bodies and start partnering with them. What Healing Actually Requires: Acknowledging the season instead of minimizing it Real rest, the kind your nervous system has been begging for Nourishment, not restriction, so your body knows the famine is over Community, because you were never meant to heal in isolation Time, so much more time than you want it to take The Verses I Leaned On In This One: So much of this episode comes back to the truth that you were never designed to carry it all alone. These are the verses I keep close in the hard seasons. 1 Peter 5:7 - "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." Psalm 34:18 - "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Matthew 11:28 - "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Three Things To Try This Week: Name your season. Out loud, in writing, or in the quiet. Honor what you were carrying. Choose one act of kindness toward your body. A walk, a real breakfast, an early bedtime. One thing that says I am going to treat you like an ally now. Talk to someone who can hold the weight of what you went through with you. A friend, a coach, a counselor, a pastor. Ready to go deeper? If you are ready to take a bigger step toward healing your metabolism and your body, head to Thinlicious.com. We'd love to have you as part of our community. 💕 A reminder before you go: Whatever your body did in that hard season, whether the scale went up or whether it just stopped moving when you needed it to most, that was not who you are. That was a chapter. And chapters end. Your body kept you alive through something most people could not have made it through. That is not something to be ashamed of. That is something to be in awe of.

  13. Cortisol Isn't the Villain, But It Might Be Wrecking Your Midlife Metabolism

    Jun 19, 202617 min

    If you're doing all the right things and still feel tired, wired at night, and stuck with weight that won't budge around your middle, this episode is for you. Most women think cortisol is just about stress. And friend, that is not the whole story. You can be managing your schedule, saying no when you need to, keeping your life under control, and your cortisol can still be running high all day long without you ever feeling stressed. I lived in that exact state for years and had no idea. I just thought the exhaustion, the belly weight, the brain fog, and the three a.m. wake-ups were my normal. They weren't. That was cortisol, and nobody warned me it was happening. In this episode, I'm walking you through what cortisol actually is, why it's not the villain it gets made out to be, and the five things that are really keeping it elevated. Most of them have nothing to do with feeling stressed. We'll talk about why chronic dieting quietly traps you in a loop that makes everything worse, what perimenopause does to your built-in calming hormone, and the real priority order for bringing your cortisol back down so your body can finally let go of what it's been holding onto. Whether you've been dieting for years, you're navigating perimenopause, or you're just tired of trying harder and getting nowhere, you deserve the whole picture. Your body is not broken. It's communicating. 💕 Everything we talked about today, protecting your muscle, stabilizing your blood sugar, getting your hormones working with you instead of against you, matters even more if you're on a GLP-1 or thinking about starting one. That's exactly what my upcoming masterclass is about. "What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About GLP-1s" is a live class where I walk you through exactly what to eat, how to protect your muscle, and how to build a long-term plan whether you stay on these medications or not. It's happening live on Thursday, June 25 at 1pm Eastern, and there's a 7-day replay if you can't make it live. Save your seat: GLP-1 Masterclass

  14. What Your Doctor May Not Have Told You About GLP-1s

    Jun 12, 20269 min

    If you're on a GLP-1, thinking about starting one, or quietly wondering how you'll ever get off it without gaining everything back, this episode is for you. There's a lot your doctor probably didn't tell you when they wrote that prescription. Not because anyone's hiding something, but because the appointment was ten minutes long and nobody actually walked you through what happens to your body, your muscle, and your metabolism while you're on the medication. That gap is exactly why so many women lose weight on a GLP-1 and still feel weak, still feel off, and still feel scared about what comes next. In this episode, I'm getting honest about what these drugs can and can't do, why losing weight and losing muscle are not the same thing, and what it really takes to come out the other side stronger instead of starting over. Whether you want to stay on the medication, taper off it, or you're just trying to make a decision you won't second-guess later, you deserve the whole picture. And if this episode cracks the door open for you, the masterclass is where you get the full map. "What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About GLP-1s" is a live class where I walk you through exactly what to eat, how to protect your muscle, and how to build a long-term plan whether you stay on these medications or not. It's happening live on Thursday, June 25 at 1pm Eastern, and there's a 7-day replay if you can't make it live. Save your seat: GLP-1 Masterclass

  15. Why Diets Stop Working After 40 (And What to Do Instead)

    Jun 5, 202612 min

    You weren't failing those diets. Those diets were teaching your body to fail you. Have you noticed that the diets that used to work in your twenties barely move the needle anymore? That you can eat the exact same way you ate five years ago and the scale just sits there and laughs at you? That's not in your head. And it's not a willpower problem. After years of dieting, especially during perimenopause and menopause, your body adapts to protect itself. Your metabolism slows down. Your hormones get dysregulated. Insulin resistance sets in. And every diet you try just digs the hole a little deeper. In this episode, I'm walking you through the real reason weight loss gets harder after 40, including: The Biggest Loser study that proved your metabolism can stay suppressed for years after a diet ends How insulin resistance and cortisol team up to lock fat in place Why set point theory means your body will fight you to defend a higher weight The cumulative damage of decades of yo-yo dieting What actually works instead of dieting (it's not what you've been told) Three specific things you can do this week to start healing If you've been doing everything right and your body still isn't cooperating, this is the episode that's going to put down the shame you've been carrying for years. Want to learn more? Watch our free on-demand video training at Thinlicious.com/happy.

  16. The "Healthy" Foods That Are Quietly Spiking Your Insulin

    May 29, 20267 min

    You're not failing. You've been fooled. The foods that were keeping me stuck, tired, inflamed, holding onto weight no matter what I did, were not the cookies. They weren't the candy. They weren't the obvious junk. They were the foods I was eating because I was trying to be healthy. The yogurt. The smoothie. The protein bar. The granola. The whole-grain everything. The stuff with the little health halo on the front of the package that made me feel good about my choices. And the whole time, they were spiking my insulin and quietly working against me. In this episode, I'm walking you through the seven worst offenders. The foods that look so good on paper and are keeping you stuck. We're also getting a little nerdy with the science (don't worry, I promise it'll make a difference), so you'll finally understand why insulin, not calories, is the number that actually matters. And I'll leave you with three simple swaps you can make this week to start taking your power back. If you've been doing everything right and still feel like your body isn't cooperating, this one's for you. Ready to start fixing your metabolism? Check out our free training at Thinlicious.com/happy .

  17. Why Your Autoimmune Disease Might Be Making It Almost Impossible to Lose Weight

    May 21, 202612 min

    If you've been told that the weight gain, the exhaustion, the brain fog, and the joint pain are just "part of having an autoimmune disease" — this episode is for you. For decades, that's exactly what I was told. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's, Raynaud's, and lupus in my teens and twenties, and I spent most of my adult life feeling sick, exhausted, and in pain. I hit 288 pounds. I tried every diet. I lost weight, gained it back, and blamed myself every single time. And every time I went to the doctor, the script was the same: "I'm not sure exactly what's going on. It's probably autoimmune related. Also — it would probably help if you lost some weight." Like that was a treatment plan. In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the real reason it's so much harder for women with autoimmune conditions to lose weight — and it has nothing to do with willpower. There's actually a clear hormonal cascade going on inside your body, and once you understand it, the whole picture changes. We're covering: Why autoimmune disease creates the chronic inflammation that drives insulin resistance How insulin resistance literally locks fat in your cells (and why "eating less" can't fix it) The thyroid piece your doctor probably isn't testing for — even with Hashimoto's The role medications like steroids play in weight gain and bone density Why a doctor's casual "you should lose weight" advice isn't a plan — it's a brush-off Three specific things you can do this week to start healing I'm sharing my own story, too — including the moment my chronic migraines and cluster headaches almost completely disappeared after years of suffering. That was the moment I knew this wasn't a diet. This was healing. I want to be clear: I'm not telling you that food cured my autoimmune diseases. I still have Hashimoto's, Raynaud's, and lupus. But my body finally got what it needed — and the difference was profound. Eight years later, I've maintained over 100 pounds of weight loss, my energy is steady, and I'm finally living the life I thought I'd lost. If you've been working harder than anyone you know and getting nowhere — please, listen to this one. Ready to start healing your metabolism? Get our free guide at Thinlicious.com/happy .

  18. Why Every Woman Over 40 Should Know About Creatine

    May 14, 202621 min

    Episode Summary Women have up to 70-80% lower creatine stores than men — and most of us have never been told that. In this episode Lisa digs into what that means for your brain, sleep, mood, muscles, and energy, and why creatine may be one of the most underreported tools in women's health right now. What You'll Learn What creatine actually is and why it matters beyond the gym Why women have lower creatine stores — and why that gap widens in perimenopause How creatine supports brain energy (ATP) and what happens when levels run low The research on creatine and memory, processing speed, and mental clarity Why creatine may reduce depression symptoms — more so in women than men Creatine and sleep: the adenosine mechanism, the 2024 women's RCT, and the 2025 perimenopause findings The University of Kansas Alzheimer's pilot study Creatine + resistance training for muscle and bone health over 40 How much to take: 5g for general health vs. 10g for brain-specific benefits Start Here Ready to heal your metabolism? thinlicious.com/happy Studies Referenced Cognitive Function & Memory Xu et al. (2024) — Creatine & Cognitive Function: Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition. Depression in Women Lyoo et al. (2012) — Creatine Augmentation for SSRI in Women With Major Depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis: Creatine for Depression (2025). British Journal of Nutrition. Sleep Dworak et al. (2017) — Creatine Reduces Sleep Need & Homeostatic Sleep Pressure in Rats. Journal of Sleep Research. Aguiar Bonfim Cruz et al. (2024) — Creatine Improves Sleep in Naturally Menstruating Females. Nutrients. Gordji-Nejad et al. (2024) — Single Dose Creatine Improves Cognition During Sleep Deprivation. Scientific Reports. Hall et al. (2025) — Creatine + Resistance Training in Peri/Postmenopausal Women: Sleep, Cognition, Strength. JISSN. Alzheimer's Disease Smith et al. (2025) — Creatine Monohydrate Pilot in Alzheimer's: Brain Creatine & Cognition. Alzheimer's & Dementia. Brain Dosing: The Case for 10g Dechent et al. (1999) — Creatine Increases Brain Creatine by 8.7% in Human Neuroimaging Study. American Journal of Physiology. Candow et al. — Higher Creatine Doses for Brain Bioenergetics. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science. Dr. Rhonda Patrick on 10g brain dosing (@foundmyfitness) Medical Disclaimer: For educational purposes only. Not medical advice. Always consult your doctor before starting any new supplement.

  19. The Announcement We've Been Waiting to Make (And Why It's Bigger Than You Think)

    May 5, 202638 min

    If you've been wondering where we've been — this episode is your answer. And trust us, it was worth the wait. Today, Ruth Soukup is joined by someone you may already know and love from inside the Thinlicious community: Lisa Joy Thompson. She's been here since day one — literally the very first coach in the TAS program — and today we're making it official. Lisa is now the majority owner of Thinlicious, and this podcast has a new home with her at the helm. But before we get to the big news, we're taking you back to the beginning. Because the story of how this happened isn't just a business announcement. It's a God thing. And you need to hear it from the start. In this episode, Ruth and Lisa share: How Ruth's decade-long yo-yo diet struggle led her to finally ask the right question — and lose 40 pounds in six months by ditching everything she'd been told about weight loss Lisa's parallel journey: diagnosed with autoimmune disease in her teens and twenties, hitting 280 pounds at 40, and eventually losing over 100 pounds (and keeping it off for eight years) by eating the same way TAS is built on The Christmas Eve party conversation that started it all — and why Ruth's first answer when asked "who would you sell Thinlicious to?" was Lisa, without hesitation What this transition actually means for you as a member of this community — and why the best of Thinlicious is still ahead What's coming next: more coaching, more community, and more of what has always made this program work This isn't goodbye. It's the beginning of something even bigger. Ruth isn't disappearing — she's cheering Lisa on as her partner and biggest fan. And Lisa? She's been living this mission for years. She just gets to lead it now. If you're a woman over 40 who's tired of feeling sick, exhausted, and like your body has stopped cooperating — you're in the right place. The Feel Better, Live Free podcast is back on a regular schedule, and we cannot wait to show you what's coming. Ready to get started? Visit Thinlicious.com/happy to take your first step toward healing your body and getting your life back.

  20. Losing 80 Pounds As a Mom of Two Under Two with Tiffany Greer

    Nov 10, 202524 min

    Two babies under two. 80 pounds lost. More energy than ever. And the best part? She’s just getting started. Today I’m excited to introduce you to one of my incredible clients, Tiffany Greer, and to share her incredible story, because it’s both super relatable and incredibly inspiring. She’s a young mom of two little girls under the age of two, who joined the TAS program at 28 years old—and has since lost more than 80 pounds, completely transformed her energy, and reclaimed her confidence in a BIG way. But her journey hasn’t been linear. She’s faced pregnancy, miscarriage, doubt, and even a few Taco Bell detours along the way. And yet, she kept coming back, and every time she did, she saw more results—because she finally found the truth about how her body actually works. So whether you’re a busy mom, just getting started, or feel like you’ve tried everything, I know you’re going to be inspired by her story. Let’s get into it. ---------- To learn more and get started on making this the year of you, be sure to visit thinlicious.com/program .

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